Patents by Inventor Takuya Kawakami
Takuya Kawakami has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12080893Abstract: A novel electrode is provided. A novel power storage device is provided. A conductor having a sheet-like shape is provided. The conductor has a thickness of greater than or equal to 800 nm and less than or equal to 20 ?m. The area of the conductor is greater than or equal to 25 mm2 and less than or equal to 10 m2. The conductor includes carbon and oxygen. The conductor includes carbon at a concentration of higher than 80 atomic % and oxygen at a concentration of higher than or equal to 2 atomic % and lower than or equal to 20 atomic %.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruaki Ochiai, Takahiro Kawakami, Takuya Miwa
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Patent number: 12074516Abstract: A switch circuit is configured of a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element connected in series, and receives a DC voltage of 100 V or more. The drive circuit causes the first semiconductor element or the second semiconductor element to perform a switching operation. The isolated power supply circuit converts a predetermined power supply voltage into an isolated first power supply voltage, and outputs the first power supply voltage to the drive circuit. The isolation signal converter converts a first signal of 6 MHz or more into an isolated first drive signal, and outputs the first drive signal to the drive circuit. The single substrate mounts the isolated power supply circuit and the isolation signal converter. Both the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element are wide bandgap semiconductor elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Akashi, Takuya Ishii, Yoshihito Kawakami, Kazuhiro Yahata, Takeshi Azuma, Yoshihisa Minami
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Patent number: 12043618Abstract: An organic compound has a benzonaphthofuran skeleton and is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), A represents a pyrene skeleton. In the case where the pyrene skeleton has a substituent, the substituent is a diarylamino group including two substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups each having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms. The two aryl groups of the diarylamino group may be the same or different.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Haruyama, Sachiko Kawakami, Naoaki Hashimoto, Yusuke Takita, Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
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Publication number: 20240077812Abstract: A developing device includes a developing member to carry developer stored by a developing frame, and a regulating blade having a support plate fixed to the developing frame, a plate-like member, and a regulating member. One end portion of the plate-like member is opposed to the developing member, and the other end portion is welded to the support plate. The regulating member is fixed to a plate-like member surface, and contacts the developing member to regulate a developer thickness on a developing surface. The regulating member is provided with a recessed portion recessed at a regulating member end portion. The regulating member end portion is lower than a regulating member central portion. A plate-like member region welded to the support plate is located at the plate-like member other end portion and overlaps the regulating member central portion and the regulating member end portion at which the recessed portion is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Yu Fukasawa, Takuya Kawakami, Yuji Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20240061362Abstract: A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member unit including a photosensitive drum; a sheet configured to remove a deposited matter from a surface of the drum, the sheet being in contact with the surface of the drum at an end portion of the drum with respect to a rotational axis direction of the member; and a developing unit detachably mounted to the member unit, the developing unit including a developing roller configured to supply toner to the drum, and a storage portion configured to store the deposited matter removed from the surface of the drum by the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Takuya Kawakami, Noriyuki Komatsu, Tetsuya Numata, Naoya Asanuma, Daisuke Makiguchi
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Patent number: 11841647Abstract: A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member unit including a photosensitive drum; a sheet configured to remove a deposited matter from a surface of the drum, the sheet being in contact with the surface of the drum at an end portion of the drum with respect to a rotational axis direction of the member; and a developing unit detachably mounted to the member unit, the developing unit including a developing roller configured to supply toner to the drum, and a storage portion configured to store the deposited matter removed from the surface of the drum by the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Kawakami, Noriyuki Komatsu, Tetsuya Numata, Naoya Asanuma, Daisuke Makiguchi
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Patent number: 11841636Abstract: A developing device includes a developing member to carry developer stored by a developing frame, and a regulating blade having a support plate fixed to the developing frame, a plate-like member, and a regulating member. One end portion of the plate-like member is opposed to the developing member, and the other end portion is welded to the support plate. The regulating member is fixed to a plate-like member surface, and contacts the developing member to regulate a developer thickness on a developing surface. The regulating member is provided with a recessed portion recessed at a regulating member end portion. The regulating member end portion is lower than a regulating member central portion. A plate-like member region welded to the support plate is located at the plate-like member other end portion and overlaps the regulating member central portion and the regulating member end portion at which the recessed portion is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yu Fukasawa, Takuya Kawakami, Yuji Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20230367258Abstract: A cartridge is mountable in and dismountable from a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, in which the main assembly includes an opening and an openable member including a discriminating portion. The cartridge includes a process unit including a rotatable photosensitive member and a developing roller configured to supply toner to the photosensitive member, and a developer storage unit configured to store a developer. The developer storage unit is provided with a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the stored developer to the process unit and is mountable to and dismountable from the process unit. The developer storage unit is provided with a portion-to-be-discriminated provided so as to be engaged with the discriminating portion of the openable member when the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly and the openable member is in a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Takuya Kawakami, Naoya Asanuma, Tetsuya Numata, Noriyuki Komatsu
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Patent number: 11762326Abstract: A cartridge is mountable in and dismountable from a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, in which the main assembly includes an opening and an openable member including a discriminating portion. The cartridge includes a process unit including a rotatable photosensitive member and a developing roller configured to supply toner to the photosensitive member, and a developer storage unit configured to store a developer. The developer storage unit is provided with a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the stored developer to the process unit and is mountable to and dismountable from the process unit. The developer storage unit is provided with a portion-to-be-discriminated provided so as to be engaged with the discriminating portion of the openable member when the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly and the openable member is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Kawakami, Naoya Asanuma, Tetsuya Numata, Noriyuki Komatsu
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Patent number: 11669038Abstract: A cartridge includes a projection portion provided in a first region of an upper surface of a frame in a vertical direction. The projection portion projects more upward than second regions between which the first region is interposed. An inside of the projection portion is a space that is part of a developer accommodating portion. The projection portion is configured to pass through a space under an abutting portion while being elastically deformed by the abutted portion being pressed by the abutting portion after the cartridge is transitioned from the first posture to the second posture in accordance with movement of the cartridge in the attaching direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Kawakami, Yosuke Kashiide, Makoto Hayashida, Noriyuki Komatsu
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Patent number: 11619905Abstract: A coupling member for an image forming apparatus cartridge includes a first end portion including an outer surface and a plurality of surfaces forming a recess extending in a direction from the outer surface toward the rotational axis. The plurality of surfaces include a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. As viewed in a direction toward the recess and perpendicular to the rotational axis, the third surface faces toward outside of the recess, and both of the first and second surfaces are sloped with respect to a plane that is perpendicular to the rotational axis such that a distance measured along a direction of the rotational axis between the first and second surfaces decreases as a distance along the first and second surfaces from the outer surface increases.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Kawakami, Noriyuki Komatsu, Sho Shirakata, Isao Koishi
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Patent number: 11561485Abstract: A developing apparatus for use in an image forming apparatus includes a developing frame, a rotatable developing member, a regulation blade to regulate developer borne on a developing member surface, and a seal member to prevent developer from leaking outside the developing frame. The regulation blade includes a support plate, a plate-shaped member, and a regulation member. The seal member is fixed to a facing surface of the plate-shaped member, is arranged at a plate-shaped member end portion, is arranged side by side with the regulation member in a rotational axis direction, contacts an end surface of the regulation member, and is disposed between the plate-shaped member and the developing member in a direction intersecting with the rotational axis direction. The plate-shaped member is welded to a region of the support plate excluding a region outside the end surface of the regulation member in the rotational axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Kawakami, Yu Fukasawa, Yuji Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20230013196Abstract: A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member unit including a photosensitive drum; a sheet configured to remove a deposited matter from a surface of the drum, the sheet being in contact with the surface of the drum at an end portion of the drum with respect to a rotational axis direction of the member; and a developing unit detachably mounted to the member unit, the developing unit including a developing roller configured to supply toner to the drum, and a storage portion configured to store the deposited matter removed from the surface of the drum by the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Takuya Kawakami, Noriyuki Komatsu, Tetsuya Numata, Naoya Asanuma, Daisuke Makiguchi
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Publication number: 20220382210Abstract: A cartridge is mountable in and dismountable from a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, in which the main assembly includes an opening and an openable member including a discriminating portion. The cartridge includes a process unit including a rotatable photosensitive member and a developing roller configured to supply toner to the photosensitive member, and a developer storage unit configured to store a developer. The developer storage unit is provided with a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the stored developer to the process unit and is mountable to and dismountable from the process unit. The developer storage unit is provided with a portion-to-be-discriminated provided so as to be engaged with the discriminating portion of the openable member when the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly and the openable member is in a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Takuya Kawakami, Naoya Asanuma, Tetsuya Numata, Noriyuki Komatsu
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Patent number: 11480916Abstract: A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member unit including a photosensitive drum; a sheet configured to remove a deposited matter from a surface of the drum, the sheet being in contact with the surface of the drum at an end portion of the drum with respect to a rotational axis direction of the member; and a developing unit detachably mounted to the member unit, the developing unit including a developing roller configured to supply toner to the drum, and a storage portion configured to store the deposited matter removed from the surface of the drum by the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Kawakami, Noriyuki Komatsu, Tetsuya Numata, Naoya Asanuma, Daisuke Makiguchi
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Patent number: 11435689Abstract: A cartridge is mountable in and dismountable from a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, in which the main assembly includes an opening and an openable member including a discriminating portion. The cartridge includes a process unit including a rotatable photosensitive member and a developing roller configured to supply toner to the photosensitive member, and a developer storage unit configured to store a developer. The developer storage unit is provided with a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the stored developer to the process unit and is mountable to and dismountable from the process unit. The developer storage unit is provided with a portion-to-be-discriminated provided so as to be engaged with the discriminating portion of the openable member when the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly and the openable member is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Kawakami, Naoya Asanuma, Tetsuya Numata, Noriyuki Komatsu
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Publication number: 20220206429Abstract: A cartridge includes a projection portion provided in a first region of an upper surface of a frame in a vertical direction. The projection portion projects more upward than second regions between which the first region is interposed. An inside of the projection portion is a space that is part of a developer accommodating portion. The projection portion is configured to pass through a space under an abutting portion while being elastically deformed by the abutted portion being pressed by the abutting portion after the cartridge is transitioned from the first posture to the second posture in accordance with movement of the cartridge in the attaching direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Takuya Kawakami, Yosuke Kashiide, Makoto Hayashida, Noriyuki Komatsu
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Publication number: 20220155704Abstract: A developing device includes a developing member to carry developer stored by a developing frame, and a regulating blade having a support plate fixed to the developing frame, a plate-like member, and a regulating member. One end portion of the plate-like member is opposed to the developing member, and the other end portion is welded to the support plate. The regulating member is fixed to a plate-like member surface, and contacts the developing member to regulate a developer thickness on a developing surface. The regulating member is provided with a recessed portion recessed at a regulating member end portion. The regulating member end portion is lower than a regulating member central portion. A plate-like member region welded to the support plate is located at the plate-like member other end portion and overlaps the regulating member central portion and the regulating member end portion at which the recessed portion is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Yu Fukasawa, Takuya Kawakami, Yuji Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20220082958Abstract: A developing apparatus for use in an image forming apparatus includes a developing frame, a rotatable developing member, a regulation blade to regulate developer borne on a developing member surface, and a seal member to prevent developer from leaking outside the developing frame. The regulation blade includes a support plate, a plate-shaped member, and a regulation member. The seal member is fixed to a facing surface of the plate-shaped member, is arranged at a plate-shaped member end portion, is arranged side by side with the regulation member in a rotational axis direction, contacts an end surface of the regulation member, and is disposed between the plate-shaped member and the developing member in a direction intersecting with the rotational axis direction. The plate-shaped member is welded to a region of the support plate excluding a region outside the end surface of the regulation member in the rotational axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Takuya Kawakami, Yu Fukasawa, Yuji Kawaguchi
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Patent number: D993925Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Oguma, Naoya Asanuma, Tetsuya Numata, Takuya Kawakami, Yohei Kusano, Daisuke Hiramatsu, Takayuki Yada, Takatoshi Hamada, Go Torii, Hiroaki Nosho